> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pulze.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Templates

> Built-in and custom templates: the layer structure LayerWise builds new documents from.

A template is the layer structure of a post-production PSD: groups with names, label colours, blend modes, opacity and visibility, the **element slots** where renders go, and the document's bit depth. [Create new document](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/workflows/create-document.md) builds from one.

Open **Templates** from the menu or the shortcut on Home.

![The Templates screen listing built-in, user and cloud templates with their actions](https://mintcdn.com/sourcelinekft/z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW/images/layerwise/lw_templates_list.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW\&q=85\&s=5a4a9247a67f2d35dd3c84fb86b35078)

The Templates screen

## Built-in templates

LayerWise comes with eight templates made by Pulze:

| Template | Engines | Bit depth | What's in it |
| - | - | - | - |
| **Pulze Template - Standard** | V-Ray, Corona | 8-bit | The full studio structure: Background, the beauty, an Elements group with Lighting, Reflection, Refraction and Shadows sub-groups, then Adjustments, Masks, Matte, People and Final adjustments groups ready for your work. |
| **Pulze Template - Linear** | V-Ray, Corona, FStorm | 32-bit | A linear-light setup: the lighting components (GI, lighting, reflection, refraction, specular or their Corona equivalents) in one Elements group, with the same organizing groups around them. |
| **Barebone** | V-Ray, Corona, FStorm | 8-bit (FStorm 16-bit) | Just the common elements in a single group, without the extra structure. A good starting point for your own template. |

Built-in templates can't be changed, but you can [duplicate and edit](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/template-editor.md#duplicate-a-template) them.

## Row actions

| Action | What it does |
| - | - |
| ★ **Use as default for new documents** | Makes this template the first choice in Create new document. There's one default per engine. |
| 👁 **Inspect** | Shows the full layer tree. |
| ✎ **Edit** | Opens your own templates in the [template editor](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/template-editor.md). |
| **Duplicate and edit** | Makes an editable copy of any template. |
| **Export as .pmt** | Saves the template as a file to share or back up. |
| **Upload to the cloud** | Copies your template to your [cloud templates](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/cloud-templates.md). |
| **Delete** | Removes one of your own templates from this computer (after a confirmation). |

## Default template

The default template (marked **Default**) is preselected when you create a new document. Each engine has its own, so you can have one for V-Ray and another for Corona.

## Inspect a template

The inspect dialog shows the template from top to bottom, in the same order as Photoshop's Layers panel.

![The Inspect template dialog with groups, blend modes and element chips](https://mintcdn.com/sourcelinekft/z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW/images/layerwise/lw_templates_inspect.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW\&q=85\&s=b7f0c583fa2267c64ab1f128924da01c)

Inspecting a template's layer tree

* **Group rows** show visibility, the label colour, the name, the blend mode (if not *Pass Through*) and opacity (if not 100%). A link icon marks a [mask target](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/masks.md#where-the-masks-go) group, such as `#Wood` or `[LUMA]Alpha`.
* **Element chips** show the element and its flags (*Import all*, *RGB masks*, *Luma mask*), plus the blend mode and opacity of the slot.
* **Not recognized** marks an element that isn't in your [render element list](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/render-elements.md). Press **+** to add it.

## Create a template from a document

The quickest way to your own template is a PSD you already like.

**1. Open the PSD**

Open a document whose group structure you want to reuse. Its render layers should be named after their elements.

**2. Run Save document as template**

Go to [Tools](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/tools.md) → **Save document as template**.

**3. Name and save**

Check the structure, give it a unique name and a version, and press save.

LayerWise keeps the groups (with their names, label colours, blend modes, opacity and visibility) and every layer whose name matches a render element. Other layers, such as adjustment layers or paintings, aren't saved. Empty groups are kept, so your `#Wood`-style mask groups become part of the template.

![The dialog for saving a document's structure as a new template](https://mintcdn.com/sourcelinekft/z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW/images/layerwise/lw_templates_save_dialog.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=z3vWbLeBmT4OoYjW\&q=85\&s=50ef92109538ff24df9264cd9fe0d974)

Saving the open document's structure as a template

> [!WARNING]
>
> Templates don't support render layers at the top level of the document, outside any group. LayerWise warns you if it finds any; put them into a group first.

## Import a template

Press **Import** at the top of the list and choose a `.pmt` file (or a legacy `.plz`). LayerWise shows the template and its engine. Give it a name and save.

If the template uses elements that aren't in that engine's list, LayerWise offers to **add the new elements** for you.

Templates exported from Pulze Post Manager import as is. See [Migrating from Post Manager](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/migrating-from-post-manager.md).

## Move templates to another computer or Photoshop version

Your templates live in LayerWise's settings, which Photoshop keeps separately for each major version. To take them along:

* **Export** each one as a `.pmt` file and **import** it on the other side, or
* **Upload** them to your [cloud templates](https://docs.pulze.io/layerwise/cloud-templates.md). They follow your Pulze account everywhere.


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